SEXUAL violence against indigenous women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts is not only an act of individual perpetrators but is sustained through a wider system of state and media denial. The state鈥檚 institutions 鈥� police, public hospitals and local administrators 鈥� actively influence the legal proceedings. Cases are often not filed. Even when a case is filed, medical reports...
THE hills of south-eastern Bangladesh are famed for their breathtaking beauty. Yet beneath the lush greenery and terraced slopes lies a history steeped in marginalisation, militarisation and impunity. In late September 2025, the Chittagong Hill Tracts once again descended into turmoil, revealing the deep structural vulnerabilities that continue to define life for Indigenous...
The Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord Implementation Movement, in a statement on Friday, expressed concern over the postponement of a meeting of the CHT Land Dispute Resolution Commission.
Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs adviser and former ambassador Supradip Chakma visited several puja mandaps in Rangamati district town and exchanged greetings with the organisers, visitors and devotees Monday night...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday expressed concern over the ongoing tension in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, alleging that the unrest was part of a broader conspiracy to destabilise the country.
THE violence leading to deaths, injuries and destruction of houses and businesses of national minority communities in Khagrachari is a consequence of ethnically biased state policies towards the national minorities of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, an issue that successive governments left unattended. On September 28, at least three Marma youths were killed and several...
Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs adviser Supradip Chakma at a workshop in Dhaka on Monday called on the government officials to adopt the mentality of public servants...
Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs adviser Supradip Chakma on Friday called upon everyone to be inspired by patriotism and human welfare and to actively engage in virtuous deeds.
Several people were injured during a clash reportedly among the supporters of two factions of the United People鈥檚 Democratic Front, a political party based in the Chittagong Hill Tracts on Tuesday.
The National Citizen Party on Monday called for unity among all communities living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts for the development in the three hill districts...
IN THE misty hills of Bandarban, the southern part of Chittagong Hill Tracts, an indigenous Marma family was torn apart by a war not of their making. Two brothers, raised side by side, found themselves on opposing sides of a battlefield: the elder in the military and the younger with the Shanti Bahini, fighting for the political rights of the indigenous peoples. The...
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday said that the government wanted to establish peace in the three districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts to unlock the region鈥檚 immense potential for development...
Protests continued in the capital Dhaka, Chattogram, the Chittagong Hill Tracts, and Rajshahi on Friday over the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl from the Tripura community in Khagrachari.
The number of incidents of human rights violation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts鈥攃overing Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban districts鈥攕lightly decreased in the first half of 2025, with 103 incidents reported, compared with 107 incidents during the same period last year, according to a half-yearly report by Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti...
Hill women at Sajek in Rangamati on Monday demanded justice for Kalpana Chakma who was abducted from her home in June 1996 and has remained missing since then...
The International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission in a statement on Monday called on the government to end the 鈥榮ystematic persecution of Bawm community鈥�, condemning the recent death of a Bawm youth in jail custody...
Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs secretary, Md Abdul Khaleque, reaffirmed Bangladesh government鈥檚 unwavering commitment to uphold the constitutional guarantee in promoting and protecting the rights of all citizens and...
The Indigenous Community Grant 2024 winner photographer Denim Chakma on Monday in a photographic presentation depicted state repression of the people of Bawm community and other national minorities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Baisabi festival in the Chittagong Hill Tracts ended on Saturday with Jalkeli event of the Marma community...
The Chittagong Hill Tracts wears a festive mood today as the national minorities living in the hill districts of Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban start their New Year festival which is widely coined as Baisabi.
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti on Saturday celebrated its 53rd founding anniversary renewing the call to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord as hill people鈥檚 fate remained unchanged even after signing of the accord in 1997.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch on Monday arrested former state minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, Awami League lawmaker Dipankar Talukdar.
INDIGENOUS peoples are identified in international forums, including the United Nations, as first nations, hunter-gatherers, or hill tribes. These peoples usually live in mountainous or rural areas somewhat isolated from the mainland, which reflects the distinctive characteristics of their social, cultural, and economic lifestyles. They often follow a socioeconomic...
Adviser to the ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs Supradip Chakma on Monday said that the government had all sympathy for the protesting national minority students but could not meet all their demands...
The number of human rights violation incidents in the Chittagong Hill Tracts鈥攃omprising Rangamati, Khagrachhari, and Bandarban districts鈥攄ropped to 200 in 2024 from 240 in the previous year, according to a report by the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti...
Adviser to the ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs Supradip Chakma on Friday visited arson damaged Tripura houses at Purba Betchhara Para of Sarai Union in Lama upazila of Bandarban...
An 鈥業ndigenous Food and Grain Fair鈥� is going to be held from December 20, featuring authentic food of the national minorities of the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the plains, in Dhaka...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has laid emphasis on the expansion of technology in the Chittagong Hill Tracts to bridge the gap in communication...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has laid emphasis on the expansion of technology in the Chittagong Hill Tracts to bridge the gap in communication.
Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs adviser Supradip Chakma on Tuesday addressed the newly appointed chairman and members of the Chittagong Hill Tracts District Council, emphasising the need for working for the people鈥檚 welfare...
